Morning Word: Skandera Exit Rumors Heat Up

Skandera Considers Exit

Joe Monahan reports that Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera is

Gov. Susana Martinez’ administration by end of the year.

Udall Ponders Gubernatorial Bid

US Sen. Tom Udall, according to Milan Simonich,

by the end of the year whether he’ll return to New Mexico to run for governor in 2018 or stay in the nation’s capital to push back on Republicans' complete control of the White House and Congress.

Families Question Elder Care Guardianship Program 

Crime and justice reporter and columnist Diane Dimond is investigating how the state’s

can

Journalist Daniel Libit has a new post at NewMexicoFishBowl.com. This time he's 

that surround The Pit’s naming-rights sponsor and WisePies Pizza and Salad owner Steve Chavez’ own political donations. Chavez even asked UNM Athletic Director Paul Krebs, who inked the naming deal with Chavez, to sponsor a fundraiser for a Republican state Senate candidate.

Federal officials in the Obama administration don’t believe that any malicious cyberactivity disrupted the electoral process, but Hillary Clinton’s lawyers and computer programmers want to

at tallies in some key battleground states.  

President-elect Donald Trump thinks recounting ballots is a waste of time and money and, without providing any evidence, contends that he would have won the popular vote earlier this month if

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Record warm temperatures in Southern New Mexico have

, but relief may be on the way as

move into the state.

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